Open AccessA review of psychiatric disorders comorbidities in patients with alopecia areata
Author(s) -
Ahmad Ghanizadeh,
Anaheed Ayoobzadehshirazi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.136746
Subject(s) - alopecia areata , depression (economics) , psychiatry , anxiety , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medline , comorbidity , obsessive compulsive , dermatology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
This is a review of psychiatric problems in patients with alopecia areata (AA). The electronic database of MedLine/PubMed was searched using the determined keywords. The rate of depression in children and adolescents with AA is up to 50%. Stressful life events are associated with AA. A rate of 39% for generalized anxiety disorders was reported. AA is highly associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (35.7%) in children and adolescents. Schizophrenia tended to be less seen in AA patients.